GRAFTING AND BUDDING 965 



related species are to be used. All attempts at grafting fail 

 except among plants of the same genus or of the same family. 



NOTES ON GRAFTING AND BUDDING OF OUR ORDINARY FRUIT TREES 



Apples. All varieties make good union on all other varieties 

 and upon the common or seedling apples. 



Dwarf apples are produced by budding on Paradise or Doucin 

 bush species. Apples do not thrive worked on crab. 



Pears fail if worked on apple stocks. 



Varieties of pears interchange on other varieties, except Keiffer 

 is not an approved stock on which to graft Bartlett, Bosc, Seckel, 

 etc., but Keiffer does well grafted on Bartlett and other varieties. 



Dwarf pears are common varieties budded on Angers quince 

 stocks, but fail if budded on Orange. 



Keiffer is not a permanent dwarf. 



Dwarf pears are best if only varieties having large quince- 

 shaped leaves are united. 



Plums. Japan sorts make good union on Myrebolan stock and 

 on peach. The former live longer. 



European plums are usually worked on plum stock. They par- 

 tially fail on peach stock. 



The peach thrives best on peach stock dwarfs and fail on plum 

 stock. 



Cherry. Sour types thrive on Mahaleb stock and on Mazzard, 

 but sweet types are best on Mazzard. 



GRAFTING OF GRAPEVINES 



Scions made from wood of the preceding year's, growth are 

 selected and cut as illustrated on page 960 for cleft grafting, or 

 on page 958 for tongue grafting. Cleft grafts are inserted when 

 the stock is say larger than one inch in diameter; and tongue or 

 splice grafting is done on branches less than one inch, or as small 

 as the diameter of the scion. 



Grafting of grapes should be done as early in the spring as the 

 soil can be taken away from the stock. The scion should be set 

 just underground, or low enough on the stock to permit covering 

 or banking to the top bud of the scion. Grafting, however, may 

 be performed on an arm of a vine at such a point as will permit 



